All Blacks skipper Kieran Read has revealed his anger at the time with the unsatisfactory conclusion to the Lions series this summer as New Zealand prepare for back-to-back Rugby Championship clashes with arch rivals Australia.

This summer's gripping three-Test series with Warren Gatland's British and Irish Lions ended in stalemate and huge controversy in the Eden Park finale.

In the dying minutes the Lions were about to be pinged by referee Romain Poite for offside when Ken Owens handled a ball that Liam Williams had knocked on to present All Blacks No.10 Beauden Barrett with a straightforward penalty to win the series.

But Lions skipper Sam Warburton stepped in to ask the French referee to check for an accidental offside and after consultation with his fellow officials a scrummage was awarded instead.

It resulted in a 15-15 draw and a tied series much to the chagrin of powerhouse New Zealand No.8 Read.

As the All Blacks headed out to Sydney to begin the preparations for next Saturday’s clash against the Wallabies, Read was asked if he was“hacked off” to see Poite change his mind.

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Despite a feeling of despondency after thumping the Lions in the first Test, only to lose the second and draw the third, Read believes his team’s recent struggles against the Lions might be crucial in helping them win the Rugby Championship.

"We have to really make sure it helps us.

"We’ve got a good couple of years coming up and something pretty big after two years in the World Cup; similar types of pressures and things that we learned from a month ago.

“A lot of young men came in and played. The type of pressure it was, it certainly matched some of those big matches in World Cups - one-off games.

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"To get that experience first-hand for a lot of guys will be really beneficial.

“Hopefully we show in this Championship and especially these Bledisloe Cup games what we’ve learned.

“It’s a game of small margins and other teams are chasing us and getting close. What we can’t do is rest and sit where we are, we have to continually push ourselves forward... I believe when we do that we’re certainly hard to beat.”